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Archie Only Has One Girlfriend Now

The improbable love triangle between Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, and Veronica Lodge is a core part of the classic version of America’s Favorite Teenager. But last year’s reboot changed all of that. Last week, Veronica moved in with Archie. Things got weird. Written by Mark Waid, with art by Veronica Fish, Andre Szymanowicz, Jen Vaughn,…

io9 Evan Narcisse

What Is Music and Why Is It So Special?

Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad sits down to talk about music—its purpose, its function, its meaning—with filmmaker Mac Premo in this wildly frenetic video and somehow manages to explain why music is so special. Abumrad says that unlike words, which are basically just a code or an agreement between people, music just is what it is, and…

Sploid Casey Chan

Preacher Will Return For Season Two With 13 Total Episodes

A day after we asked the question “Why are so few people talking about Preacher?”, AMC confirmed big-time that it still has confidence in the show by announcing it will get a second season. Variety broke the news and report that the second season will be 13 episodes. That’s an increase of three from this…

io9 Germain Lussier

Magical Wheels Let This Car Roll in Any Direction

We’ve seen omnidirectional wheels installed on forklifts that have to deftly maneuver around crowded warehouses, but William Liddiard has invented a set that allow his Toyota Echo to move in any direction, spin 360-degrees, and slide into a parking spot making parallel parking easier than actual driving. William calls his creation Liddiard Wheels—appropriately enough—and they’re…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

After Being Electrocuted and Defenestrated, Mace Windu Apparently Got Better

You can’t really blame Samuel L. Jackson for believing strongly that his Star Wars character didn’t really die. He didn’t go out in the most dignified manner. Answering a question about whose idea it was for Mace Windu to die in Revenge of the Sith, Jackson ended his answer with “In my mind, I’m not…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Apple Supplier Drops a Possible Hint About the Death of the Headphone Jack

Cirrus Logic, a prominent supplier of audio technology for brands like Harmon Kardon, Sony, and Philips, announced a new development kit that will make it easier for companies to create headphones using the Apple Lightning connector. The announcement comes in the wake of a flurry of rumors suggesting that the iPhone 7 will not feature…

Tech News Michael Nunez

A Plan to Save This Mammalian Species from Extinction Came Too Late

The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys is the first mammal to go extinct because of human-induced climate change. The conservationists who made this sad discovery now admit they were actually trying to capture these rodents for a captive breeding program—but they arrived too late. As we reported earlier this month, a research team from Queensland’s Department…

Climate Change George Dvorsky

Alvin Toffler, Legendary Author of Future Shock, Dies at 87

Alvin Toffler, arguably the most influential futurist of the 20th century, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87 years old. Toffler was the author of the 1970 book Future Shock, which was heralded for articulating the anxieties that so many people felt about the future. Future shock, according to Toffler,…

Tech News Matt Novak

Neil Gaiman to Tackle Norse Mythology With a New Nonfiction Novel

Neil Gaiman’s love of Norse myth has roots deeper than Yggdrasil, the World Tree, and he’s just announced that his next book will be a non-fiction retelling of those myths—but done in an “almost novelistic” style—inventively titled Norse Mythology. The New York Times reports the source of Gaiman’s love of Norse myth wasn’t exactly academic.…

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Meet the Voice Behind AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’

Some of the most memorable voices are those of people we’ve never met. I’ve never met Susan Bennett, but I talk to her everyday with Siri. Charlie Pellett’s voice will always rattle around the cobwebs of my brain as the voice behind New York’s subway system. Then there’s Elwood Edwards, the voice behind the most…

Tech News Darren Orf

Building This Transforming Voltron Is the Only Reason You Need to Buy a 3D Printer

With Voltron back on Netflix as a new animated series, there is sure to be a flood of new lion-bot toys hitting the market. But if you have access to a 3D printer, and a lot of time and patience, you can download and print Jurica Pranjic’s fully-transforming and assembling Voltron replica for free. And…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

One of the Best Cheap Phones Might Get a Price Hike Thanks to Brexit

All the fallout surrounding Britain’s historic decision to leave the European Union is still being sorted out. But a brand new piece of bad news for Brits is that OnePlus’ new phone, the surprisingly great OnePlus 3, may get a price hike in the UK. Not because of any strong EU bias or anything, but…

Tech News Darren Orf

VLC Is Finally Available for Windows 10

What’s not not to love about VLC Media Player? It’s free, lightweight, intuitive, and plays damn never every file format under the sun. Now, a long-awaited beta is finally available for Windows 10 users. It’s okay to nerd out a little bit. Besides being its usual wonderful self, this new release works with Cortana voice…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Zoo Is Back and It’s Somehow Even More Ridiculous Than Ever

The second season of Zoo, CBS’ bonkers thriller about a global animal uprising, premiered last night with a double episode. Not only did this mean more globe-trotting for our fearless team (who now have a super-swanky plane), but a “phase two mutation” may be out there, making the animals crazier than ever. And it’s not…

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Wait, Why Isn’t She Looking at the Dude?

In the photo above we see a videophone (or picturephone as they were sometimes called at midcentury) being demonstrated at the International Radio Exhibition in Stuttgart, West Germany in 1965. The weird part? The woman in the photo is apparently not even bothering to look at the person she’s speaking with. But we get it.…

Tech News Matt Novak

Take a 360-Degree Tour of One of The Most Expensive Carousels in the World

Jane’s Carousel is one of the most iconic carousels in the world, but few people know it’s crazy backstory. Prior to arriving at its new home in a $9 million glass box facing the Manhattan skyline, the carousel sat in Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio, where it was constructed in 1922. So how the hell…

Sploid Mandy Mandelstein

The Han Solo Movie Has the Best Star Wars Script Ever, Says Star Wars Employee

More than almost anything in the world, we want the 2018 Han Solo movie to be great. On paper, it’s a terrifying idea to solidify a backstory for such an iconic character, but at least one person assures us the script is amazing (although he probably has to say so). That person is Iain McCaig,…

io9 Germain Lussier

Watch a Crane Totally Collapse After Trying to Move a Water Tank

Bad idea: trying to use a crane to lift a water tank before checking if it’s empty or not. You can see the crane’s arm begin to buckle under the weight of the tank and then watch it totally collapse as it drops the tank onto the side of the building and flips itself off…

Sploid Casey Chan

Just Because Sausage Party Is Animated, Doesn’t Mean You Should Play the Trailer With Finding Dory

R-rated animated films are so rare, one theater made a very big mistake with a new one. They played the trailer for the gross-out, R-rated CG film Sausage Party with Disney/Pixar’s PG-rated Finding Dory, and audiences were not pleased. The Brenden Concord 14 in Concord, California, was the offending theater and offered up an apology…

io9 Germain Lussier

Those Bright Spots on Ceres Are Weirder Than We Imagined

After months of rampant speculation, scientists announced late last year that the bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are giant deposits of salt. Case closed, right? Not exactly. We’ve since gotten a better look at the spots, and the craters they reside in, and Ceres is shaping up to be a much weirder place than…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

Archie Only Has One Girlfriend Now

What Is Music and Why Is It So Special?

Preacher Will Return For Season Two With 13 Total Episodes

Magical Wheels Let This Car Roll in Any Direction

After Being Electrocuted and Defenestrated, Mace Windu Apparently Got Better

Apple Supplier Drops a Possible Hint About the Death of the Headphone Jack

A Plan to Save This Mammalian Species from Extinction Came Too Late

Alvin Toffler, Legendary Author of Future Shock, Dies at 87

Neil Gaiman to Tackle Norse Mythology With a New Nonfiction Novel

Meet the Voice Behind AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’

Building This Transforming Voltron Is the Only Reason You Need to Buy a 3D Printer

One of the Best Cheap Phones Might Get a Price Hike Thanks to Brexit

VLC Is Finally Available for Windows 10

Zoo Is Back and It’s Somehow Even More Ridiculous Than Ever

Wait, Why Isn’t She Looking at the Dude?

Take a 360-Degree Tour of One of The Most Expensive Carousels in the World

The Han Solo Movie Has the Best Star Wars Script Ever, Says Star Wars Employee

Watch a Crane Totally Collapse After Trying to Move a Water Tank

Just Because Sausage Party Is Animated, Doesn’t Mean You Should Play the Trailer With Finding Dory

Those Bright Spots on Ceres Are Weirder Than We Imagined

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